Please shut up. You're not an expert on anything, least of all international finance. "Debt is a risk." Duh! "That's why interest is involved." Brilliant! Now tell us how bonds are priced. You know, something about yields moving inversely? What's the difference between debt and equity? What determines a firm's optimal capital structure? How do you quantify risk? What is the price of Greek sovereign debt right now? What's the cost of a Greek credit default swap? What would happen if the Greek economy started improving again? Would "unsustainable" debt look manageable? What would that do to the price of Greek debt and the cost of a CDS?
Since when does the IMF have the authority to allow or block purchases (you stupidly call them "transfers") of debt by EU institutions? You say "Greece paid its private debts". Really? Which ones? When? If that's true, why did the overall debt keep going up - despite generous debt relief in Greece's 2012 debt rescheduling accords? You say "Germany made a very bad bet". Last time I looked, France and other EU lenders had 4X more exposure to Greek debt than Germany. Who made the bet again? Just about everything you say is wrong. The only thing you got right is saying Russia won't save Greece. And you picked that up from me.
So STFU. Nobody listens to sewer rats or trolls anyway.
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Originally Posted by lustylad
Firstly, it was your precious IMF report that said their debt load was not sustainable. Why did the overall debt keep going up? Because the ECB kept lending them money, you fucking retard. They made a loan payment as late as April of this year.
As for your contention of who loaned the money, you're wrong, as usual. This information is accurate as of June 30 of this year; Germany - 56 Billion Euros, France - 42 Billion Euros, Italy - 37 Billion Euros, etc. So anyone can see you're incorrect in your contention.
All you did in your first paragraph is throw around a bunch of terms that you think make you sound intelligent, but in truth only make you look like a fool and have absolutely nothing to do with what we were discussing. This is your modus operandi; you never stay on track. You get your ass handed to you so you switch the conversation around to something else. As for Russia not helping Greece, that was ALL you said. I explained WHY they wouldn't help, you fucking idiot. Keep on puffing up your feathers, maybe someone is impressed. I, for one, am not.